Summary: Feb 17 2010 – Dutch liberals - (THIS MUST BE A BLOW TO THE LIBERAL ANC SUCKERS...)- wants an end to local municipalities giving microcredits and development-aid to countries like South Africa; World famous gambling resort Sun City’s PRO Colleen van Eyk strangled to death just before the FIFA medical conference; an Eersterust student gunned down at a crowded sports meet; disabled pupils suffer frequent rapes by teachers at Filadelfia School for disabled children in Soshanguve - but the alleged rapists still work there and no criminal charges have been lodged against any; a berserker smallholder shoots dead a young woman’s prized Siberian Husky pup;

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“DUTCH MUNICIPALITIES MUST STOP GIVING MICRO-CREDITS TO SOUTH AFRICA’ – DEMANDS LIBERAL PARTY

The Dutch daily Algemeen Dagblad writes on Feb 17 2010 that the liberal Dutch VVD-party has created a row with its demands for cash-strapped local municipalities to stop giving microcredits to countries like South Africa. Parliamentarian Edith Schippers says the great many development-aid programmes by local municpalities are ‘inappropriate use of taxpayers’ money - especially when they fail to address the many poverty and race-relations problems inside municipalities’ own borders’.

Schippers cites as an example the still unresolved race-riots between Maroccan Muslims and Moluccan Christians which plunged the town of Culemborg (incidentially: the birthplace of Cape Town’s VOC-founder Jan van Riebeeck) into weeks of racist violence and neighbourhoods plunged into constant fear of new outbreaks. She points out that while all municipalities with more than 100,000 residents have development-aid programmes to help poor communities in South Africa; this is an ‘inappropriate use of taxpayers money’ – with many programmes inefficient and administered by officials who are totally inexperienced in the field of development aid. “It’s just thrown-away money” said Schippers. The municipalities are of course irate over the comments which are touching a sore nerve in the the runup to the municipal elections on March 3. Other issues raised by candidates are the large number of foreign-born candidates whose campaign posters are only written in Turkish or Maroc.

Beeld newspaper reports on February 17 2010 that the Sun City ‘s public-relations- and marketing manager Ms Colleen van Eyk (60) was found murdered in her apartment at the world-famous gambling resort – just before the start of an international sports-medicine conference by world-football federation FIFA. Beeld journalists Linda de Beer and Retha Grobbelaar also report that FIFA refuses to comment on the Afrikaans woman’s mysterious murder.

The bad news has reportedly badly shaken the staffers at the world-famous gambling paradise. Ms van Eyk (60) was reading a book when she was attacked and strangled to death with a telephone cable on Sunday-night inside her flat at the resort -- moreover her head injuries indicate that she was “repeatedly smashed against a wall with her head”. This was confirmed by SAPS superintendent Lesego Metsi, of the North West provincial police department.

Censorship of ‘bad-news reports’ insisted on by FIFA’s boss Sepp Blatter – the unofficial president of South Africa…

He also is the only SAPS official in the province which the news media is allowed to quote under the extensive censorship-rules which were announced shortly before the FIFA World Cup 2010 in South Africa.

A Sun City employee came across Ms Van Eyk’s body. Police said there were no signs of any forced entry into her flat and she had apparently been reading a book when she was murdered. There is no report that anything was missing either.

The FIFA medical conference starts Friday and ends on Sunday-night. It is expected that all 32 teams’ physical therapists will attend the conference which will be followed by a workshop at Sun City for the teams’ trainers. FIFA – as usual – refused to comment on the mysterious murder. Sun International said Ms Van Eyk had worked for them since 1992 and that she had been a very valuable employee. “Her death is terribly upsetting for all of us. We wish to extend our most sincere condolances to her family. We can assure them that we will work very closely with the SAPS to make certain that her death will be most thoroughly investigated” the SUN INTERNATIONAL statement said. (contact them at Tel (+2711) 780 7000, Fax (+2711) 780 7716) http://www.sun-city-south-africa.com/ http://www.beeld.com/Content/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/1928/cd55576f18ea4d96bb52127c1905e8f1/16-02-2010-11-04/Moord_by_Sun_City_net_voor_Fifa-konferensie

---------------------------------Abduraqhiem Abrahams (19) shot dead in the middle of a sports-event at Eersterust Pretoria-

Abrahams Abduraqhiem father of child of Melonice Moses Eersterust murdered at soccer event In this picture by Beeld photographer Thena Calitz - Ms Melonice Moses – the mother of the murdered Abudraqhiem Abrahams’ baby girl - is being consoled by a friend after the young Abrahams was gunned down just seconds after he’d given his 7-month-baby Neshen to someone else to hold while watching an athletics meet. Abrahams – a UNISA student who lived in Paul Pietersen Road in Eeersterust near Pretoria; and his life-partner were standing on the highest levels of the main sports pavillion watching the athletics meet between two local schools when he was gunned down by a group of armed men. It had been the second attempt on his life said his family – someone had also tried to shoot him while he was in his car last Thursday – but had missed. His brother Igsaan (25) was also shot dead in September 2008 in Eersterust and Igsaan’s murderers have been charged with his murder.

Screaming and terrified pupils scattered in all directions when the student was shot dead amidst the crowd at the pavillion. Ms Moses said she was ‘still trying to pull him out of the way when the gunmen came for him but they had already shot him. “Things went so fast that I could not identify the people who had shot him” she told Beeld – weeping bitterly. Police constable Portia Maleka said no-one else was injured but the athletics meet was ended and everybody was sent home. The dead man’s granddad Toyer Abrahams (69), blames himself: “if I hadn’t been such a nuisance by sending him to buy petrol for the bakkie he would still be alive” said the old man – adding that the youth must have decided to go and greet his girlfriend and the baby at the athletics meet after he’d thrown in petrol. “This is the second grandchild who was raised in my house and has been murdered” said Toyer. He’s also bitter with the SAPS – for not capturing the attackers who had made the previous attempt on Abduraqhiem’s life. “Minutes before he was shot dead I had still left a message with the Eersterust police station commander asking him when we could expect them to arrest the shooters’. “We aren’t gangsters – my grandson had matriculated with one distinction and he was planning to become a lawyer. He loved his baby girl and now she’s been left without a dad”. Police said the police “had taken four men in for questioning” who had been seen driving away from the shooting scene shortly afterwards.Mr Abrahams was buried by sunset according to the Islamicreligious rules. http://www.beeld.com/Content/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/1928/147ab926b3484a9eab81ae67065ea843/15-02-2010-11-13/Moord_by_skolesport

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Disabled pupils raped at Filadelfia School in Soshanguve – but their rapist-teachers still work there…

A shocking report appeared in Sowetan on February 17 20010 with its very thorough investigative journalist McKeed Kotlolo being told by disabled pupils: "We don’t know what to do when teachers call us. We are scared they will rape us". The sexual abuse of pupils at the world-famous residential Filadelfia School for the disabled in Soshanguve -- which houses more than 400 blind; deaf; and physically disabled pupils and runs on grants from foreign charities and the SA government - has reportedly taken place over recent years. Three cases of abuse have already been confirmed writes Sowetan.

Filadelphia school at Soshanguve entertained by Aviv Quartet of Israel The South African school was first placed on the international map by the world-famous disabled American woman Judy Hoit – author of the book My World Has Access Now... - after she’d visited the school on February 5 1998. The disabled American – who also was the poster child for the March of Dimes - wrote: “Two choirs sang to me that day. One choir was strictly students physically disabled, and the other choir were students who were blind. I sat in the center of the auditorium and listened to their African songs with tears in my eyes. It was hard for me to believe that I was sitting in the middle of South Africa being sung to. It was one of the most touching moments of my trip.” Picture: In June 2005 the school also was entertained by the world-famous Aviv Quartet from Israel Report.

Filadephia school of shame Sowetan front pageThe Sowetan ‘s journalist reports that nine staff members, including teachers, have been accused of raping disabled pupils at the school north of Pretoria. Yet no criminal charges have been laid and eight of the accused rapist-teachers still work there. It is also claimed that some of the victims who fell pregnant as a result of the rapes, were expelled, while their abusers continue being employed at the school. Four of the alleged abusers are teachers, three are security guards and a cook. Another teacher resigned in December after reportedly admitting to ‘sexual misconduct*” (*this is an inaccurate definition: rape is not a ‘sexual’ act but an act of hatred and revenge towards its victims all top crime experts on this subject agree.)

Sowetan writes in its front page story: “The alleged rapes apparently occurred in the mornings when pupils and teachers were meant to report for morning assembly. The guards are accused of going to the girls’ dormitories. It is claimed that the teachers under suspicion would bunk morning assembly and instead send pupils SMSes instructing them to report to class – where they were then abused. One deaf pupil was allegedly abused daily by eight staffers for about two years. In August last year she decided not to return to school for the third term. Her mother accused the school management of having failed her as “they did not even make me aware of my daughter’s ordeal. I am prepared to take it to the highest court. I am going to see officials from GDE’s labour section who visited the school following the complaints. I am not returning home until I get to the bottom of this.”

“The Gauteng department of education confirmed that allegations of sexual misconduct were being investigated. It’s not understood why eight of these alleged perpetrators are still working at the same school however: the department’s spokesman Charles Phahlane said his department “had issued letters to the alleged perpetrators – eight of whom are still working at the school – to explain their versions of events before the possible drawing up of a charge sheet”.

No criminal cases lodged:

Phahlane said they were investigating “all allegations”, including that of the principal protecting the alleged perpetrators. He said criminal cases would not be opened until the department and parents discussed the matter. Sowetan also interviewed several former and current pupils of Filadelfia, as well as their parents and members of the school governing body. Staffers declined to talk to Sowetan about the allegations, saying they were warned not to discuss the matter with anyone. Pupils at the school say they lived in fear of being abused. “We do not even know how to respond when some of the teachers call us because we are afraid of being abused,” said one of them. “Learners decide to change subjects to avoid being taught by some of the alleged perpetrators.” Another pupil said she was regularly raped by two teachers during school hours – for almost a year. http://www.sowetan.co.za/News/Article.aspx?id=1114597

Eastes Allecia 20 with her other dogs Her husky was shot dead by a berserker at Hartbeespoort AH Feb162010 Beeld Alta Snyman of Beeld reports from Hartbeespoort that a male “berserker’ shot dead 20-year-old Allecia Eastes’ prized Siberian Husky. Her fiancee David Alkers had given her the 10-month old pup because it had been a lifelong dream of hers to own one. About three weeks ago the couple moved into an apartment on a Bokfontein smallholding between Mooinooi and Hartbeespoort with their animals. The owner’s house and six townhouses also are located at the smallholding. Eastes – 11 weeks pregnant – was asleep when a man showed up at around 11:30am and started shooting at her dogs in the fenced-in camp behind the apartment. Her huskyy Montego; Kiara the mixed-breed fighting dog and the dachshund Mini-Me were inside the enclosure. “According to the workers the man first shot at the dogs near the other townhouses. Those dogs then fled inside and he then walked over to our camp; called Montego over and shot him dead with one shot through the head. I woke up from the shot” said Eastes. Then she saw the man walking into their enclosure and throwing her dead dog over the fence ‘to make it look as if he was shot outside’. “Then the man - revolver in hand -- started plucking at our door-knobs” she said. The man apparently was complaining that her dog had ‘eaten one of his parrots’’ however there’s no sign that this had ever happened. Eastes had never met the man and it was terribly traumatic for the young pregnant woman when an armed man started plucking at their doors trying to get in. She has bad memories: two months earlier a family member was murdered on a farm near Rustenburg. Police captain Aafje Botma of the North West police department confirmed that a dossier has been opened under the Law for the Protection of Animals and that other charges could also be added. The unnamed man hasn’t been back at his townhouse since his outburst and the police has been ‘unable to get his statement or investigate his ownship of firearms’ said"[/b]